Landscape Design Articles
Outdoor Living Oasis for Grant Park Backyard Part 1
Design a Magical & Spacious Backyard Makeover for Outdoor Living in NE Portland's Grant Park Neighborhood Recently I had the pleasure of designing with Annely and Wayne, a lovely couple living in Portland’s northeast side. They wanted to turn a small and rather...
Portland Backyard Needs an Outdoor Living Space Fix Starting With the Front Walk: Part 2
Corner Lot Landscape Transformation in Rose City Park Neighborhood We return for Part 2 to the challenging Portland corner lot project completed by Landscape Design in a Day’s Alana Chau. Exceeding the expectations of our clients for their corner lot landscape design...
Portland Backyard Needs an Outdoor Living Space Fix Starting With the Front Walk: Part 1
Rose City Park Has a Unique Outdoor Living Space Landscape Problem As a landscape designer, I'm always delighted to work on challenging projects — especially when the solution exceeds the clients' expectations. That's exactly what happened with the corner lot...
Landscaping for Privacy in Portland Small Front Yard
Privacy Landscape Design for Gardener's Yard This small city front yard was fun because my clients Sam and Austin love plants and Sam in particular was itching to get his hands in the soil. They wanted to see year round plants in the front yard from inside the house...
Pollinator Friendly Garden Makeover in NE Portland
NE Portland Yard Gets a Pollinator Friendly Makeover I’m Hilary Hutler and I am thrilled to be joining Carol and Landscape Design in a Day! Carol asked me to introduce myself and share one of my pollinator friendly landscape designs here on our blog. About me: While...
Northeast Portland Test Garden for Drought Tolerant & Pollinator Friendly Plants
Tips for Tricky Native Plants in NE Portland Garden Design Welcome to part 2 of my blog series on drought tolerant pollinator friendly plants for North Portland home landscapes. My disclaimer: This is my experimental and play garden so while some of the plants listed...
Landscaping for Portland Back Yard Office Shed : Part 2 of 3
Back Yard Office Shed And Dream Landscape - Have Both! Recently Stacy in NE Portland worked with Landscape Design in a Day to add a 12' x 10' Tough Shed for her back yard home office studio. Stacy wanted her dream landscape with lots of outdoor entertaining space and...
Drought Tolerant Plantings for St Johns North Portland Landscape Designs
Testing Xera Plants for Wildlife in North Portland Welcome to Part 1 of a 2 part blog series on drought tolerant plants for North Portland front yards. As a Portland landscape designer, I understand how important it is to choose drought tolerant plants to help...
What I am working on Now: Deck Patio & NW Natural Style Landscape in NE Portland
Hardscape Landscaping & Updated Deck in Roseway Neighborhood My clients Michael and Bruce purchased a home in NE Portland Roseway neighborhood. Their new home and neighborhood is perfect for them and this will be a long term home. Here’s the wish list: more...
Tricky Outdoor Living Landscape Design for Portland Backyard: Part 1 of 2
Making The Best Use of Small Portland Backyard for Outdoor Living My client Stacy needed privacy and a complete re design of the back yard of her 1940’s home. She has an especially tricky corner lot. They often have a much smaller back yard especially when the house...
5 Benefits of Having an Outdoor Living Room: Why Your Family Needs One Now
Quality Outdoor Living for Residential Portlanders As a landscape designer, I have seen firsthand the value that a back yard outdoor living room can bring to a family. These spaces can provide a place for relaxation, entertainment, and quality time spent together. ...
Portland Landcape Designer Shares Her Favorite Paths & Patios
Best Hardscape Landscaping Materials for Portland Backyards Here are some of my favorite backyard paths and patios from landscape designs here in Portland! Paths are a key element in any landscape design. How we walk and move in a landscape is what shapes the...
Covered Outdoor Living for Baby Boomers in NE Portland Backyards
Landscaping Outdoor Living in Portland's Urban NE Neighborhoods Backyard Outdoor Living in Portland's Urban NE Neighborhoods often requires a covered area. While backyard outdoor living conjures up visions of intimate gatherings with close friends and family...
Coming Back to See Fully Grown Privacy Landscape of North Portland Back Yard
North Portland Back Yard Gets Private, Colorful Plantings My new clients, Michael and Ryan, moved to N Portland’s Concordia neighborhood from a farm in Pennsylvania. They knew some horticulture science and had a lot of confidence coming into the project from both a...
NE Portland Gardens with Outdoor Living Landscape Design
Portland Landscape Designers Visit Portland Back Yards We will see installed back yard landscape designs focused on outdoor living in N. E. Portland neighborhoods Concordia, Cully, Roseway, Rose City Park neighborhoods. Outdoor Living Patio Needs Privacy in Concordia...
Native Plants In An Ecological Garden
Sustainable Native Garden Design Front Yard Meadow Garden Dawson approached us at wanting a garden that is as good for the land as it is for him. He was on the cusp of retirement and had never tended a garden before, so part of our project plan included follow-up...
Tips to Create Larry’s Native Oregon Forest Landscape
Adding Native Oregon Plants to the Trees My friend Larry bought a property with huge Douglas Fir trees and he wants to create landscape for wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. He wants a back yard forest. He sent me a photo of his new property’s back yard after I...
Tricky Residential Corner Landscape Overhaul in Northeast Portland
Outdoor Living Needed in Grant Park Residential Landscape Design These Grant Park homeowners just finished updating the stucco exterior of their home and were eager to finally tackle the landscape. The entry was not working at all; it wasn't clear how to get to front...
Modern Landscape Design Seen in NE Portland Back Yards
Hardscape Solutions for Portland Back Yards With A Modern Twist We enjoy visiting our past back yard designs and today we are in NE and SE Portland. We will see installed back yard hardscape landscape designs and modern gardens in Portland neighborhoods Grant Park,...
Pros & Cons of 5 Dog Friendly Landscaping Surfaces
Dog friendly Back Yards in North Portland Here at Landscape Design in a Day we create a lot of dog friendly landscapes for our Portland clients. Today I'll share my experience (pro and con) with 5 typical surfaces for dog friendly backyards. And I'll have an excuse...
Portland Backyard Privacy Screening for a Family’s Outdoor Room
Family Needs a Private Backyard Landscaped in Portland Kristen and Rob have lived in their home long enough to remember when privacy fences did not exist between the backyards. Rob specifically remembers the days when he felt like their backyard was much bigger...
Drought Tolerant Plants for Front Yard Curb Appeal In Portland
Evergreen Ground Cover Plantings for Portland Front Yards This blog could be called many things.....Drought tolerant Plants for Front Yard Curb appeal in Portland or Evergreen Groundcovers for Front Yard Curb Appeal but actually it should simply say these plants...
Irvington Low Maintenance Front Yard Welcomes Her People Home
Welcoming No Grass Curb Appeal in Irvington Neighborhood Our clients in the Irvington Neighborhood wanted their front yard landscape to welcome them home. The house had amazing bones and the kind of porch you only see in a movie. Big and roomy with a high ceiling and...
Add Hen & Chicks to Your Pollinator Friendly Garden: Part 1
Portland Loves Low Maintenance, Pollinator Friendly Plant Sempervivum I love to use these plants hens and chicks -Sempervivum in my low maintenance landscape designs. The name Sempervivum means ‘always alive’ so even new gardeners will be successful with this...
